One could hardly hear the waves because of the noise, the seagulls
made.

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Duration: 3 min

Same day, same equipment and just a little bit down the shore.
No seagulls here, but nice waves.

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Duration: 2 min 59 sec

This recording was done in Highland Perthshire, also in March,
using the same equipment, but with a rycote windjammer and the
microphones used as boundary layer microphones, because of the
wind.

It felt very relaxed on the hilltop with the typical sounds of
Scottish Birds.

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Duration: 3 min 12 sec

This recording was made in a garden in Highland Perthshire, in
the morning, in May, using once again the Soundman OKM II with
the Sony portable DAT recorder
TCD-D7, the SBM-1 (Super Bit Mapping) from Sony and a Sennheiser
Dummy Head (Kunstkopf) to hold the microphones. Later, like all
the sound samples here on this website, it was transfered to mp3.

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Duration: 2 min 46 sec

Same garden with a Robin singing and plenty of insects. Listen
to this with headphones and you feel those bumble-bees swarming
around your head. Again the Soundman OKM II with the Sony TCD-D7
DAT recorder and the SBM-1.

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Duration: 1 min 31 sec

Back in Perthshire again with the Sony HiMD MiniDisc Recorder
MZ-NH 1 in the PCM mode and the Soundman OKM II with the A 3 Adapter
. This gear is so easy to carry, that it is no problem to take
it on a walk. No wind, so no problems on that score, while doing
the recording. Don´t those sheep sound human?

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Duration: 2 min 55 sec

Nighttime means owl-time, at least in spring. Recorded in April
2009, using a different equipment. This time two AT 3031 microphones
from AudioTechnica, the Shure FP-24 preamp and a R-09HR recorder
from Edirol.